B.B. mentioned a piece by Charles Hugh Smith: The Coming Collapse of the Real Estate Market [1]
Siggy sent: The Case for America’s Future by Gary North [2]
SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large Michael Z. Williamson [3] notes that the oft-cited animated recession map [4] was updated again last week. This is really looking grim.
More FDIC Friday Follies: Three more banks bit the dust on Friday [5]. This time the announcement was two banks in Missouri and one in Kansas.
Items from The Economatrix:
K.A.F. flagged this: US Cities Face Half a Trillion Dollars of Pension Deficits [6]
Dollar Keeps Falling As Investors Await Fed Action [7]
Market Rallies For Flat Finish [8]
The Biggest Tax Hike Ever? Depends On Who You Ask [9]
Bank Stocks Keep Falling As Mortgage Fears Mount
Credit Card Writedowns Mostly Improve In September [10]